Functionalism

Question 1

point?

Answer 1

crime is boundary maintenance

Question 2

evidence?

Answer 2

Durkheim
societies reassert the social order by publicly shaming and stigmatising law-breaking behaviour.

e.g public hanging and media coverage

Question 3

analysis?

Answer 3

boundary maintenance is adaptive to social pressure.

social changes may be deviant and criminalised, but the boundaries adapt to accept them.

Question 4

evaluation?

Answer 4

Chambliss (1975), argue the criminal justice system is controlled by the ruling-class to maintain the exploitation of the working-class and protect private property.

Question 5

point 2?

Answer 5

uneven socialisation and anomie in modern societies.

Question 6

evidence?

Answer 6

Durkheim

values created through socialisation are not equally shared throughout society and therefore social control is needed to reward conformist behaviour and sanction deviant behaviour.

Question 7

analysis?

Answer 7

anomie as the specialised divisions of labour that define modern societies mean individuals have less shared socialisation

reduces shared culture and social norms meaning social control through the punishment of crime and deviance.

Question 8

evaluation?

Answer 8

Chambliss
suggest anomie is an alienation as the working-class is separated from the creation of things to meet our needs as labour is reduced to boring, repetitive tasks.